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Should the federal government regulate fracking?
2013-04-14 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: Fracking supporters say it could set America on the road to energy independence and drastically change our economic prospects while helping address climate change. Fracking--short for hydraulic fracturing--involves injecting fluids into the ground to access hard-to-reach reserves of oil and natural gas, including shale gas, which the U.S. has in vast abundance but hasn't been able to reach easily up to now. Many advocates argue that the federal government should step in and regulate the practice...
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California needs to bolster regulation of fracking, report says
2013-04-12 21:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: California needs to strengthen regulation of hydraulic fracturing, according to a UC Berkeley Law School report that identified a number of shortcomings in state oversight of the controversial practice. Although not new to California, fracking has come under increasing scrutiny recently as states such as Pennsylvania and New York experience a boom in the technique, which involves the high-pressure injection of chemical-laced fluids into the ground to crack rock formations and extract oil and gas....
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Fracking Rule Is Imminent
2013-04-12 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Hill: The Interior Department is on the cusp of releasing a controversial, heavily lobbied proposal to regulate oil-and-gas fracking on public lands. Outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told a House subcommittee Thursday that the draft regulations will surface soon. The rule is imminent, Salazar told an Appropriations Committee subpanel. I expect that my successor will be announcing it in the very near future. Its Interiors second swing at the plan after pulling back an earlier version...
California should tighten fracking regulations, report says
2013-04-11 23:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: California needs to strengthen regulation of hydraulic fracturing, according to a UC Berkeley report that identified a number of shortcomings in state oversight of the controversial practice. Known as fracking, the technique involves the high-pressure injection of chemical-laced fluids into the ground to crack rock formations and extract oil and gas. Although not new to California, the practice has come under increasing scrutiny recently as states such as Pennsylvania and New York experience a...
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New research identifies fracking as not significant cause for earthquakes
2013-04-11 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
A new research published in the Journal of Marine and Petroleum Geology has said that fracking is not an important cause for earthquakes that can be felt on the surface.
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